Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c32851c4b2a56a9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-23 15:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 42f5bc7ed9b08ef0e1abecc8b68a9b95 SHA-1: 37c2d3081115b18c9ab3a9a7b37ace6bd0475130 SHA-256: c32851c4b2a56a9dd0468bc458f421c1cc5b675d8141f307225e37e8d95c6064
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://morard-mcf.fr/data/Files/82298588147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/22134613591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44760451620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/91728707671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2726d513c5d4933acedb90795efe8a12/lenuzamitusuzoxegubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/67624060230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/tawofazevitifuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shortguycentral.com/ck_uploads/files/15661283242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c0a98ec18baf6ed4e81aaf04c3efcb5/niborakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/vevufisebopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6nmo4j0v3094hui8n5fmv6nqq/19036739188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciar.vn/uploads/image/files/guxubewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0351.com/userfiles/file/20210623180705_mphl45.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c982985171151b0de1cd30cf5abbda3e/biretavufugujomogubigila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudupodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents//files/kuwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1d31e77648---16447290532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/buxidegezubasakine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7be5502f95---kiwurewegapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/77464280477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/fubaxejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1475401380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=reply+email+with+thanksPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE656 19460 bytes
SHA-256: 920797e747d7b23b3c57f4ce9eba5561d049df62661b42484a19a727f217f6ac
font_01_sfnt_off0001184b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184B 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 948a4e229bd085df85e5cb95d377ef79ccf000f11bad216efa146ca41cf6b4c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1